Cultivator blade and standard attachment.



No. 695,|78. Patented. Mar. Il, 1902.

S. W. SOLOMON.

CULTIVATOR BLADE AND STANDARD) ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed June 1 8 1901 (N o M o d e I QMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIO aNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

SIMON IV. SOLOMON, OF AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA.

CULTIVATOR BLADE AND STANDARD ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,178, dated March 11, 1902.

Application filed June 18, 1901- Serial No. 65,064. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON W. SOLOMON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ainsworth, in the county of Brown and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Cultivator Blade and Standard Attachment,of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved cultivator blade and standard attachmentadapted to be used on an ordinary cultivator-plow, and especiallydesigned for use in cultivating listed crops; and it consists in thepeculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully setforth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of acultivator blade and standard attachment embodying myimprovements. Fig.2 is a top plan view of the same, partly in section, through the shankand showin g the latter secured on the cultivator-standard. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view taken on a plane indicated by the line 3 3 ofFig. 2, the standard being omitted. Fig. 4: is a detail sectional viewtaken through the shoe and the cultivator-blade and showing the curvedadjusting-slot in the shoe.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a shank 1, which ispreferably semicylindrical in cross-section and is provided at its lowerend with a foot 2, in which on its outer side is a transversesemicylindrical groove 3, the face of which is longitudinally groovedand ribbed, as at 4;. The shank 1 is adapted to be disposed on the frontside of a cultivator-standard of usual form, as at a, Fig. 2, and isprovided at asuitable distance from its upper end with a transverse slot5 to receive a projection 6 on the front side of the standard, andthereby lock the shank against vertical movement on the standard. Saidshank is provided with grooves 7 above and below the slot 5. As shown inFig. 2,

clip-bolts 8 bear in said grooves and secure the said shank to thestandard. By this means the shank may be adjusted axially on thestandard in such manner as to dispose the foot 2 obliquely to the lineof draft at any desired angle.

A shoe 9, which is of the form here shown,

is provided on its rear side with a semicylindrical head 10, which isadapted to fit in the groove 3 of foot 2 and is correspondingly groovedand ribbed. A bolt 11 connects the shoe 9 to the foot 2, and the saidshoe is provided with an adjusting-opening 12, through which the saidbolt passes. By this construction, as will be understood, the shoe maybe secured at the lower end of the shank and disposed in any desiredposition, either vertical and parallel with the shank or at any desiredinclination. At one end of the shoe are adjusting-openings 13. At theopposite end thereof is a curved adjusting-slot 14. The cultivator-blade15, which is of the form here shown, is disposed on the front side ofthe shoe 9 and secured thereto by a bolt 16 in one of the openings 13and a bolt 17 in the slot 14. By this means the cultivator-blade may bedisposed in any desired position on the shoe and set so as to run levelor in an inclined position when the same is to be used in cultivatinglisted crops.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. The combination of acultivator-standard, a shank secured thereto and adapted to be turnedthereon, said shank having a transverse semicylindrical groove at itslower end,

on its outer side, a shoe having a semicylindrical head on its rearside, engaged in said groove, means to secure said shoe to said shankand a cultivator-blade secured to said shoe, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a standard having a stud on its front side, of asemicylindrical shank on said standard and adapted to carry acultivator-blade, said shank having a transverse slot to receive saidstud, and a transverse groove, and a clip-bolt bearing in said groove,and embracing said standard, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SIMON W. SOLOMON.

Witnesses:

A. O. TOLIVER, S. B. TURNER.

